Election 2012

Today is election day here in the US. Voting is important–do it.
As for myself, I will be voting for Barack Obama for president. My reasoning here is quite similar to that of John Scalzi here. Basically, the direction of the Republican party is not at all aligned with either anything I believe in nor (I believe) the best interests of the country.
Here in Minnesota, we have two proposed constitutional amendments:
AMENDMENT 1
RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE SOLELY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN
and
AMENDMENT 2
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR VOTING

I will be voting no on both of these as they are restrictive of the rights of individuals in manners that I don’t see any need to be restrictive.